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Onomatopoeia is the formation or use of words such as buzz
or murmur that imitate the natural sounds associated with
actions they refer to. Other examples are 'boom', 'rattle',
'crackle', 'squawk', and 'snap'. Both verbs and nouns may both fall
into this category. For instance:
The duck squawked at the dog.
The duck gave a squawk of alarm when the dog approached.
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Onomatopoeia is the use of the consonant and vowel sounds of a
pronounced or "heard" word to imitate, and thereby emphasize or
bring to a listener's or reader's imagination, the sounds that
might actually be heard in what is being described.

In that way, it is a literary device used to make writing or speech
more vibrant and effective. It depends on a listener's or reader's
ability to hear the sounds of the words.

Many words are onomatopoeic in and of themselves, such as "snap"
and "scratch." However, the sounds used in speech don't need to be
so obvious in order to still constitute onomatopoeia.

Some considerations about onomatopoeia have to do with what our
natural sounds of speech remind us of. Phoneticians have classified
consonant and vowel sounds, and some basic facts seem to be true.

The explosive consonant sounds (such as the sound of
b, d, k, p and t) seem to bring
to mind more violent actions or percussive situations. Consider the
following sentence: "The horse trotted and clopped along on the
cobblestones." In that, you can hear the horse's hooves on the hard
road, if you use your imagination.

The sibilant consonant sounds (such as s, sh
and f) have a gentler sound, and are often used in
descriptions of water or flowing motions: "The shore was washed
with every wave, revealing shells and sand with every pass." In
that sentence, you can imagine the sound of ocean waves.

The z sound is often used for buzzing sounds, but you don't have to
use the word "buzz" to get across the idea: "The bees, a blurry
swarming fuzz of wings, are hungry for pollen, and they warn me off
with the threat of stings." There are several n, ng and
z sounds in that sentence, which help a reader or listener
to imagine the buzz of a bee.

L sounds are often associated with running water. In that
sense, even the word liquid is onomatopoeic.

Some research has also been done on how vowel sounds affect emotion
or imagination. Vowel sounds range from low-pitched sounds, such as
ahhh, to high-pitched, such as eee and ayyy.
The lower pitched sounds generally contribute to a perception of
somberness, slowness or sadness; while the higher pitched sounds
generally convey a feeling of excitement or urgency:

"He tried to steer clear, but the screech of tires and metal
pierced his hearing."

"The long and awful funeral march wound through the dark autumn
toward the graveyard."

Those example sentences combine several qualities of tone, cadence
and sound. But they illustrate how vowel sounds also can contribute
to onomatopoeic effect.

To recognize onomatopoeia, you must hear the words, either
read aloud or in your imagination. To use onomatopoeia, you
must think of words that contain sounds that you think the reader
or listener should hear, that would be appropriate for the action
or situation being described.

This is a literary device which consists of a word which sounds
like the sound it is representing. Some examples include 'whoosh'
and 'boom'. Often times onomatopoeia is used to describe animal
noises such as 'oink' or 'ribbit'. Both are imagery type words that
appeal to the sense of sound. The words essentially imitate or
suggest the source of the sound that describes it. These auditory
words are meant to inspire readers to experience the context of the
sentence more fully.

First page '...a lizzard makes a great skittering if he runs among them.' Skittering being the onamatopoeia Through the open door came the thuds and occasional c…langs of a horseshoe game. Through the open door came the thuds and occasional clangs of a horseshoe

Well I'm not sure, but I can guess... A onomatopoeia illustration is the illustrations in the comic books surrounding the actual onomatopoeia. Like the lightning bolts or flas…hes around the words like: POW! ZOOM! WOOSH!